A Gautier man has pled guilty to murder a year and a half after church members found the burned and decomposed body of his live-in girlfriend. Fifty-seven year-old James Vanlaningham entered the guilty plea Tuesday in Jackson County and was…
Family and friends are still grieving the loss of Gautier resident Amanda Hicks. Hicks was found dead behind a Vancleave church in March after the mobile home she and her boyfriend lived in burned to the ground. A funeral for…
Today in Jackson County, murder suspect James Vanlaningham Jr. had a preliminary hearing for the charge of first degree murder of his girlfriend Amanda Hicks. The judge ruled there was enough evidence to send the case to a Jackson County…
The man accused in the slaying of his missing girlfriend, whose decomposing remains were found behind a church in Jackson County, is due in court today for a bond hearing. Fifty-six year-old James Vanlaningham was arrested Tuesday on a first-degree…
On Wednesday, February 8, Amanda Hicks went missing from Gautier. She was last seen with her boyfriend and father of her 15-year-old son, James Vanlaningham Jr. The camper trailer that the couple lived in at Santa Maria RV Park was…
According to our media partner the Sun Herald, Gautier police are looking into whether the decomposed body found in Vancleave over the weekend is that of Amanda Hicks. The 37-year-old woman was last seen on February 8th. Her boyfriend, 56-year-old…
Authorities want you to be on the lookout for 37-year-old Amanda Hicks who is missing from Gautier after a mysterious fire last week. Thirty-seven year-old Amanda Hicks has been missing for nearly a week. She was last spotted at Santa…
Details are still emerging in the investigation of a 37-year-old Gautier woman’s disappearance. Amanda Hicks was last seen on February 8th with her boyfriend, James Vanlaningham, at Santa Maria Trailer Park in Jackson County. Shortly after the couple was last…